Self-awareness is often the first step towards growth. But is there any drawback to being a person who’s keenly aware of his environment, his actions and the people around him?
You betcha.
It’s a tendency to kick himself in the ass for all the mistakes he’s seen himself make throughout the day.
That’s when someone, say someone like me, has to yell (inside) ’stop!’ and remember that the only real use for my critical voice is to help me spot my mistakes so I can learn from them.
In other words, to make real the principle that ‘there are no failures, only learning experiences‘.
To say instead to my critical voice; ‘okay, I messed up. So how can I have done better? What can I do instead the next time?’
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